Strawberry Pectin Methylesterase (PME): Purification, Characterization, Thermal and High-Pressure Inactivation

Autor: Thomas Duvetter, Marc Hendrickx, B. Ly-Nguyen, I. Verlent, Ann Van Loey, Son T. Vu, D. Fachin, Chantal Smout
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Biotechnology Progress. 18:1447-1450
ISSN: 8756-7938
DOI: 10.1021/bp0256622
Popis: Pectin methylesterase (PME) was extracted from strawberries (Fragaria ananassa, cv Elsanta) and purified by affinity chromatography on a CNBr-Sepharose 4B-PME-inhibitor column. A single protein and PME activity peak was obtained. A biochemical characterization in terms of molecular mass, pI, and kinetic parameters of strawberry PME was performed. In a second step, the thermal and high-pressure stability of the enzyme was studied. Isothermal and combined isothermal-isobaric inactivation of purified strawberry PME could be described by a fractional-conversion model. Purified strawberry PME is much more stable toward high-pressure treatments in comparison to those from oranges and bananas.
Databáze: OpenAIRE